Fallout 3 [Archive] - GameTavern

Ric

07-26-2008, 09:38 AM

So is anyone else looking forward to this game as much as I am?

I really hope bethesda dont fu*k it up.

My question is this. And bare in mind I dont get long to research such things, I am at work... :sneaky: 'looks around for boss'

I have noticed three different versions of the game have been announced.

Fallout 3
Fallout 3 Collectors Edition
Fallout 3 Survival Edition

Whats the difference dudes?

Sh!t... my boss is coming...

Angrist

07-26-2008, 09:55 AM

Hey Ric. :)

This is a message from Xantar: *throws a kipper at Ric*

Bube

07-26-2008, 02:33 PM

Ok.. I'm probably more excited about this than you are, because I don't care if Bethesda fu*k it up or not (it's Fallout!) :D

I also had a Vault 13 t-shirt made, and currently modifying it a bit to add the stripes :D I'll post pics when it's done.

Anyway, the Collector's Edition comes in a Vault-Tec lunchbox, has a "making of Fallout 3" DVD, a Vault Boy bobblehead and an artbook. The Survival Edition (buy this one!) has everything the CE has, plus a full scale Pip-Boy wristwatch, and only available in the US, over Amazon (damn it!).

I'm going to try to buy a CE.

Fox 6

07-26-2008, 03:58 PM

I am very much looking forward to this game. Love the 50s era feeling to the whole thing.

uber_paddler

07-27-2008, 10:08 AM

This game looks absolutely incredible, and I totally can't wait for it to come out. It's going to destroy any hopes I had of actually studying this year.

Combine 017

08-20-2008, 04:02 PM

KillerGremlin

08-21-2008, 01:16 PM

Fallout 3 looks like fun but I hate the art style and I wish that they just called it "Zombie Fallout" and made the baddies zombies....way better idea in my opinion.

The gameplay does look good though, and that's all that matters. We will see when it comes out I guess.

Combine 017

08-21-2008, 02:22 PM

What dont you like about the art style? I think it looks good. And theres not that much of a difference between zombies and mutants. :p

KillerGremlin

08-21-2008, 02:35 PM

I don't know...I'm just not impressed with the art style. We will see if I like it when I actually get a chance to play it.

I think developers are JUST realizing the untapped nerd-potential in zombie games. Who is a nerd and doesn't love zombies. Zombies are pure win, and a zombie game where you have to survive in a post-apocalyptic world would be amazing. I'm waiting for the zombie MMO. It's coming.

RoachGnome

09-03-2008, 11:09 AM

Ok first off let me say that I pre-ordered the Survival addition of the game and I have played the older ones on PC as well. I am extremely excited to play it and the videos on Xbox live look awesome. The only gripe I have with it is that it’s Oblivion with different characters. It looks like Oblivion, plays like Oblivion; it might as well be Oblivion 2. I liked Oblivion so this gripe doesn’t mean that I will not get the game its just kind of lame for such hype over a remake of a remake with new skin.

Schadenfreude

09-03-2008, 04:07 PM

Pre-ordered the CE here. I liked what Oblivion did and can only expect Fallout 3 to make improvements.

Dyne

09-03-2008, 11:32 PM

I actually played this at PAX, and I found what I played really, really boring for the 10-15 minutes I got to play.

I'm still picking this up, but I wouldn't expect this to be GOTY material.

Combine 017

09-04-2008, 01:34 AM

I actually played this at PAX, and I found what I played really, really boring for the 10-15 minutes I got to play.

I'm still picking this up, but I wouldn't expect this to be GOTY material.

Nah, it wont be GOTY, but probably RPGOTY. Farcry 2 or Fable 2 will be taking GOTY, but Fable 2 is also RPG, maybe it will get both?

Dylflon

09-04-2008, 02:27 AM

I got to watch the developers run through a demo of this game at PAX and all I can say is HOLY FUCK!

I am so pumped for this game. In the demo, the developers stealthed a live hand grenade into someone's pocket, nailed someone's head to a wall with a railroad spike gun, beat people down with a hydraulic fist, and caused a nuclear explosion.

Also, for attending the demo, everyone got a random prize. I got an actual hand puppet based on the vault boy puppet from the comic strip Penny Arcade is doing on the Fallout website.

Bube

09-04-2008, 04:44 AM

RoachGnome

09-04-2008, 04:23 PM

Oblivion also started slow if you remember. In jail, walking through the old sewer fighting rats. Not too much excitement there either. But the whole 1950s era post apocalyptic thing is going to be cool.

RoachGnome

09-04-2008, 04:32 PM

Hey how do I link my Xbox gammer tag?

Bube

09-04-2008, 05:04 PM

Put your tag in brackets. x="Gamercard".

Dyne

09-04-2008, 09:48 PM

Yeah, my friend gave me a puppet too. Apparently there were a ton of them.

My friend at EA said that Oblivion was boring in 15 minutes and magical and 5 hours. I don't know if I want to invest that kind of time but I guess it floats some people's boats. :unsure:

RoachGnome

09-11-2008, 02:27 PM

I have canceled my Fallout 3: Amazon.com Exclusive Survival Edition. I almost payed 50 extra bucks for an alarm clock! And the Fallout 3 Collectors Edition comes with a bobble head and a lunch box for 20 extra bucks, not bad, but who needs that crap. So now Im down to the normal game. Im at that point that Im not going to pay any extra unless I get in game content.

Angrist

09-11-2008, 04:35 PM

I don't know if I want to invest that kind of time but I guess it floats some people's boats. :unsure:
I thought it was a lot when I had put 90 hours in The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. That was of course before I played WoW, where I had that number in days. :(

Bube

09-11-2008, 04:40 PM

I thought it was a lot when I had put 90 hours in The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. That was of course before I played WoW, where I had that number in days. :(
My WoW time currently is at 10 days, with some extras. At least 240 hours of my life wasted on a game. And I'm guessing it'll grow even more.

Combine 017

09-11-2008, 04:43 PM

Ive got 41 hours on the engineer in TF2 :p

Happydude

10-02-2008, 08:41 AM

I can't wait for this game! I have pre-ordered the CE at EB Games. I haven't heard of the survival edition, otherwise i would have gotten hat.

I have played, and replayed Fallout 1&2 at least half a dozen times each, and i love them. Best RPGs ever made IMO.

I don't think there are any RPGs with as many elements as fallout 2. Drugs, prostitution, gambling, slaving, mob families, so many options, so little time.

I have a feeling still that Bethesda has screwed up the series with Fallout 3, but i won't know until i play. I mean, sure they might have kept the vast expanse of the map, the VATS targeting system, and the perks system, but they have changed everything else. They've changed the games from a top-down view to first person; they have made combat in real time; I'm pretty sure they took out everything i mentioned above; i REALLY hope they haven't taken out the humor.

Combine 017

10-02-2008, 02:50 PM

Swan

10-02-2008, 05:33 PM

Preordered mine last week as well.

Now I just have to wait:(

Happydude

10-02-2008, 07:05 PM

You can change the view from first person to third person at any time and you can fight in real time or use VATS for more of a turn based kind of thing, I think. And of course theres going to be humor, a guy wants you to blow up a town with an atomic bomb because its in the way of his view. :p

On another note, you can go here (http://www.prepareforthefuture.com/?fbid=x6G8vSzk_Wp) to watch a few vids about some fallout features. They are interactive at then end of the clip so dont forget to click around.
yeah i know all that, but third person is just isn't the same as top-down view. It will make the game feel different. Also, about VATS, i know it's an optional thing in the middle of a real-time fight, but i was hoping they would have an option of making combat 100% turn based (based on AP) or have it as they do now.

All i can say is i will have to wait before i judge...

magus113

10-08-2008, 12:57 PM

I think that Bethesda can do some really good work with this game, but we'll see how they take a true FPS approach.

An FPS/RPG...rare genre in my opinion, but the few I've seen are fantastic. (System Shock 2, Deus Ex, etc.)

I don't think the game with work too well in third-person. I never liked playing Elder Scrolls in third-person. Threw my aim off, etc.

Angrist

10-08-2008, 02:20 PM

Yeah, Morrowind in 3rd person somehow was retarded. Also because the animation of your character was terrible.

Combine 017

10-10-2008, 03:09 PM

Its official, Fallout 3 has gone gold. Which begs the question, why the hell cant they release it now!

Yoda9864

10-10-2008, 08:55 PM

Its official, Fallout 3 has gone gold. Which begs the question, why the hell cant they release it now!
Cuz they have to make the actual discs and ship them out, silly.

Combine 017

10-10-2008, 09:11 PM

They're doing/have done that already.

Fox 6

10-11-2008, 01:04 AM

They're doing/have done that already.

Gold means its ready to be copied. So actual manufacturing and packaging and shipping all over north america is what we're waiting for.

Happydude

10-28-2008, 07:55 AM

TODAY!!!!!!

Angrist

10-28-2008, 08:10 AM

IGN says 9.6.

Combine 017

10-28-2008, 12:18 PM

OXM says 10.

I think I might murder someone of my 360 doesn't come back by the end of today.

Fox 6

10-28-2008, 01:00 PM

Going to get my copy before I go to school. The school day cant end fast enough.

Combine 017

10-28-2008, 02:34 PM

I just got home from getting mine and still no 360. :(

I did however get the collectors edition which comes with a stylish lunchbox and a vault boy bobble head as well as a concept art booklet and a making of DVD. So I guess I will eat lunch out of my lunchbox and watch the DVD while I impatiently wait for my 360 to get back.

Fox 6

10-28-2008, 05:03 PM

Got my copy, just the regular edition. Now just have to make it through school

Happydude

10-28-2008, 06:33 PM

ARGH!!!! I HATE EBGAMES! (GameStop to you americans)

I pre-ordered the collector's edition about a month ago for PC. I get to the store after work to pick it up and they have a PS3 version waiting for me! that would be all fine and dandy IF I HAD A PS3!!!

So they told me they could contact head office tomorrow and see when (and IF) they are getting any more in, and told me to sit tight.

so after talkting to them for about 30 minutes and trying to convince them to give me the regular edition and then exchange it for me when they get my collector's edition in, and asking them to give me someone else's pre-order cause of their mess-up...they said no and i ended up with the regular edition :(.

sigh...installing the game now anyway, it better be as good as they say it is.

Angrist

10-28-2008, 06:37 PM

Couldn't you buy it somewhere else? Or had you already paid (a part)?

Swan

10-28-2008, 08:29 PM

Picked up collectors edition today.

Been playing for the last 3 hours.

Quite a bit of fun.

Fox 6

10-28-2008, 10:16 PM

Picked up collectors edition today.

Been playing for the last 3 hours.

Quite a bit of fun.

They best part is when they beat you to death!

Happydude

10-29-2008, 12:31 AM

so i've been playing since my last post and it seems to me like it's oblivion with guns =/

i can't really place my finger on it, but it just doesn't seem as good as i thought it would, at least not yet, i've only just got into megaton (have been exploring quite a bit), so i still have a lot to do and a lot of places to visit...

and no Angrist, unfortunately i couldn't. I pre-paid for the game, and then called about 5 other locations to see if i could get the copy from there, but none of them had any...

Fox 6

10-29-2008, 01:00 PM

This game is so fun. I loved sneaking around the Super-Duper Mart.

Fox 6

10-30-2008, 04:08 PM

Anyone know where to get Dogmeat?

Swan

10-30-2008, 05:25 PM

Anyone know where to get Dogmeat?

Dogs....

So I ran into the two best characters last night.

The Antagonizer and The Mechanist

Bond

10-30-2008, 05:50 PM

So, I must say, this game looks like a lot of fun. But, I didn't like Oblivion. Will I like Fallout 3?

Happydude

10-30-2008, 06:07 PM

well, as big of a fan as i am of fallout...i have to say that Fallout 3 fell short of my expectations. The only things that are "fallout" about it is VATS, the environment, and the story. Everything else screams oblivion, from the NPC interaction, to the gameplay.

In oblivion, you ran around, doing quests, eventually finishing the main quest while collecting items, making items, and killing random bad creatures that you encountered throughout the world...sadly, this game is no different.

I think what ruins it the most for me is the camera (same as oblivion, by the way...either first person or third person) and the real-time battle system (which, by the way, is identical to oblivion without the VATS).

And don't get me wrong, i loved oblivion, i put a good 40 hours into the game at least, and i no doubt will do the same with fallout...i just wish it had more fallout features. Options to have turn-based battles, or to have a helicopter camera view, and maybe *something i haven't tested yet* be able to talk to brahmin if you intelligence was very low would make this game feel a hell of a lot more like fallout.

anyway, back to the game...

Fox 6

10-30-2008, 08:08 PM

Dogs....

So I ran into the two best characters last night.

The Antagonizer and The Mechanist

hahaha! No, no no.....

I mean the dog that sticks around with you and is your companion. His name is dogmeat. :lolz:

Combine 017

10-31-2008, 12:54 AM

I found the schematics for a nuka-cola grenade today. It takes nuka-cola quantum, a tin can, turpentine and abraxo cleaner to make. The pretty explosion is well worth the 700 caps it took to buy alone but the added high damage and setting things on fire as well makes it so much more worth it. Now if I could only find more quantum nuka-colas laying around.

And Swan where do you find The Antagonizer and The Mechanist?

Fox 6

10-31-2008, 11:46 AM

anyone get the rock-it launcher yet?

Dylflon

10-31-2008, 05:58 PM

I tried to report that Burke fellow to Lucas Simms and then Burke murdered Lucas. Did this happen to anyone else?

Happydude

10-31-2008, 06:42 PM

I tried to report that Burke fellow to Lucas Simms and then Burke murdered Lucas. Did this happen to anyone else?
yeah, it's just the way he rolls.

Combine 017

10-31-2008, 08:06 PM

I tried to report that Burke fellow to Lucas Simms and then Burke murdered Lucas. Did this happen to anyone else?

Hahaha, thats hilarious. If you go into Simms house there is a bobble head for strength I think.

Fox 6

10-31-2008, 08:40 PM

I tried to report that Burke fellow to Lucas Simms and then Burke murdered Lucas

Ditto.

Then I beat him to death with a baton

Fox 6

11-01-2008, 05:00 PM

I finished blood ties and now I have the powers of the vampire!

Combine 017

11-01-2008, 06:35 PM

I finished blood ties and now I have the powers of the vampire!

Where do you find the Family!!?

Fox 6

11-01-2008, 07:42 PM

Where do you find the Family!!?

*spoilers*

In the tunnel with all the traps there is a turn off, and it looks like a train car is blocking it but it really isnt. Go in there, be careful there are some traps.

*spoilers*

Fox 6

11-07-2008, 01:04 PM

So I found Earl in the game.

GNR, Three Dog.

Happydude

11-07-2008, 06:32 PM

earl?

EDIT: OHHHHH lmao!

Fox 6

11-07-2008, 06:34 PM

:lol:

He doesn't believe that hes in it.

Happydude

11-07-2008, 09:42 PM

yeah Earl, it's you alright...

BreakABone

11-07-2008, 11:21 PM

Okay who or what is this person that is supposedly me.

I need some solid proof.

Fox 6

11-23-2008, 11:40 PM

I beat the game today.

60 hours and a bit. I did all side quests but 2 ( one of them being unavailable cause i killed the people who apply to it.) One of the best games ive played ever. A little disapointed by the ending, maybe just because i knew it was over.

Wont spoil anything but the last battle up to the climax is friggin aweosme. Theres one particular element envolved that kicked major amounts of ass, and make me laugh out loud.

Dylflon

11-24-2008, 12:53 AM

I'm over 30 hours and still haven't done even half the quests.

It blows my mind how easy it is to spend most of your in-game time just exploring.

Fox 6

11-24-2008, 12:57 AM

I explored so much, but didnt go to all the places i wanted to. I wanted to see the white house, and i never went into the capital building. I had the explorer perk too. The map is so busy with locations, especially the down town area

Typhoid

11-24-2008, 02:59 AM

I just bought this game today.
I can easily see replayability in it. Easily.

The thing I like so far, is that the XP you earn is directly tied to what difficulty you play on.

That said, I find ammunition management child kickingly annoying.
I'm not that far in the game at all, I literally just started - but there is nowhere for me to get ammo, and I'm stuck beating things with a bat.

Happydude

11-24-2008, 07:48 AM

don't worry, that's just the beginning of the game, later on you should have any problem with ammo unless it's something like Microfusion cells...they are more rare than the other types.

Fox 6

11-24-2008, 12:33 PM

Make sure to get the perk where you find more ammo. I ended with 4000 + assault rifle ammo, and i used it often.

Dylflon

11-24-2008, 12:45 PM

Correction: I'm at 40 hours and haven't even done half the quests.

I will explore everywhere.

Combine 017

11-24-2008, 03:57 PM

Ive got 66 hours and I think ive almost completed all the side quests, I just need to find 30 nuka-cola quantums. Not sure how far I am into the main quest but I think im coming up to the end soon. The capitol building is quite a battle to get into with Enclave soldiers, super mutants and talon mercs in and around the building and then theres a large surprise waiting inside for you as well.

Fox 6

11-24-2008, 03:59 PM

Dylflon

11-24-2008, 11:34 PM

Why do you need to collect that many nuka cola quantums? I've been using mine to make nuka-cola grenades. should i start saving them?

Nighthawk

11-25-2008, 03:06 AM

Okay who or what is this person that is supposedly me.

I need some solid proof.

3135

i believe this is the guy? google ftw!!

BreakABone

11-25-2008, 10:56 AM

3135

i believe this is the guy? google ftw!!

I don't see the resemblance.

Angrist

11-25-2008, 11:09 AM

Oh come on, its so obvious that you could probably sue them for stealing your face.

Fox 6

11-25-2008, 12:26 PM

Why do you need to collect that many nuka cola quantums? I've been using mine to make nuka-cola grenades. should i start saving them?

There is a side quest where some lady wants you to get her 30 of them. Shes offers you caps and the schematics to the quantum grenade, V2 if you already have 1. Alternatively, some guy who lives next to her offers you more money if you bring them to him so he can give them to her, cuz he likes her and wants to score.

Combine 017

11-25-2008, 01:32 PM

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v619/190/68/90900060/n90900060_30418140_3961.jpg
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images//f/f8/Threedog.png

How do you not see the similarities? Three Dog is maybe a few years older and possibly a bit dirtier but its pretty much the same.

If I had photoshop i would have put the faces side by side. Someone want to do that?

Dylflon

11-25-2008, 02:32 PM

Holy shit. They do look exactly the same.

Typhoid

11-25-2008, 05:31 PM

Hahahaha.
I'm going to start calling Earl "Three Dog."

BreakABone

11-25-2008, 06:58 PM

Gonna be honest...

I don't see it.

Happydude

11-25-2008, 08:16 PM

lol...wow, the resemblance is uncanny

Swan

11-25-2008, 09:06 PM

Except Earl is more smiley and three dog is more frowny

Ginkasa

11-25-2008, 09:52 PM

I feel sad now because I accidentally skipped over the radio little quest....

uber_paddler

11-26-2008, 12:41 AM

Three Dog kept telling me to get high off a peace pipe.

Fox 6

11-26-2008, 01:02 AM

CHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLDREEEEEEEEN!

Typhoid

11-26-2008, 03:30 AM

I have the terrible habit of stealing from people, and then having to kill them because they attack me.

Combine 017

12-09-2008, 08:13 PM

I recently got my hands on a weapon called the "Experimental MIRV". Its a fatman that shoots 8 mini nukes at once. Its amazing!

P.S. Earl looks like Three Dog.

BreakABone

12-11-2008, 01:04 AM

Just for the record, I am creating a hit-list...

Anyhow, first word out on DLC.
http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/937/937202p1.html

In brief,

-Operation: Anchorage will be about 4-5 hours long
-New weapons and perk
-Combat/stealth oriented
-800 MS Points (About 10 bucks USD)
-Update (bug fixes) for all versions of Fallout 3 coming
-Second DLC, The Pitt, will take place in Pittsburgh
-Third DLC, Broken Steel, will increase the level cap

birdman

12-15-2008, 11:50 PM

Get outta my vidya games Earl.

Bond

03-13-2009, 06:03 PM

Alright, I'm going to start this game tonight.

Looking forward to playing.

Bond

03-14-2009, 04:01 PM

For the record: Three Dog = BaB.

Fox 6

03-14-2009, 04:26 PM

you got to Three Dog already?

Bond

03-15-2009, 07:54 PM

I am the abolitionist hero!

How do I get a dog?

Fox 6

03-15-2009, 07:56 PM

I am the abolitionist hero!

How do I get a dog?

you need to find Dog Meat. Hes awesome, for awhile.

Dylflon

03-16-2009, 10:10 PM

He lives in a junk yard. I found that he actually ruined my ability to sneak up on shit and also to avoid things I didn't want to fight. Long story short, that dog will get you into trouble.

But I also watched him single handedly take on a super mutant so that was cool.

I just make the dog stand around at my house.

Fox 6

03-16-2009, 10:11 PM

Combine 017

03-17-2009, 01:10 PM

Hes to the south of Minefield, in the Scrapyard. And no, you could say he ruins your chances to sneak around, but in some cases he makes it better because if he is spotted that doesnt mean you are. He can be fighting someone while you sneak up on then and put a grenade in their pocket.

thatmariolover

03-18-2009, 07:38 AM

So I had a dream that BaB called my cell phone the other night, and when I looked down to answer it, Three Dog's face was the picture set to his phone number.

Awesome.

Nighthawk

03-18-2009, 11:19 AM

So I'm talking with my dad on msn right now, and he said he bought Fallout3 for $25. the survival guide is Korean but the game is English.

Yay.

Angrist

03-18-2009, 11:27 AM

You have a dad who uses MSN? Wow. Wait, my dad might, haven't talked to him in the last few years.

Ric

03-18-2009, 12:56 PM

Oh come on, its so obvious that you could probably sue them for stealing your face.

:roflmao: Yeah man... he should definately seek legal advice on that one :lol:

Totally smashed this game to pieces now. Done all the quests. I enjoyed it, it was good. Lots of glitches and bits that made me wonder if anyone actually play tested it but hey, not as bad as fable 2 as far as glitches go I suppose.

You can pickpocket anything off anyone. Including clothes and wepons. Even Colonel Autumn.

To steal someones wepon that they have equipped, save, pickpocket their bullets leave the area and go back there, so it physically has to re-load the area. They should now have unequipped their gun. So pickpocket it. You can get a lot of rare guns this way.

To get their clothes you have to plant clothes with a higher DR (Defence Rating) than the ones they are wearing, on them whilst pickpocketing. You can get BaB's... sorry... Three Dogs Head Wrap and Glasses this way. Give him a Power Helmet, his voice sounds funny in it.

So many other little things I could mention, like warping or fast travelling if you like, after you leave Ravenrock, so you can get back in. That is if you didnt blow it up. The trick is once you leave dont step on the top step at the entrance or it locks the door which you can blow off its hinges yes but it will make an invisible wall if you arent lucky.

Save befeore you do anything, especially theiving and trying to break the game.

Anybody manage to jump out of megaton? Find anyone just to the north in the wilderness? I did, the people that disappeared from my megaton.

Dylflon

03-18-2009, 02:01 PM

I started playing this game again all thanks to this thread.

Typhoid

03-18-2009, 04:12 PM

I really want to play this game again.
Damn you ps3.

Ric

03-23-2009, 07:14 AM

Try the clothes swapping method I mentioned earlier on the children in Little Lamplight. You can get several unique costumes this way. The Mole Hat, Star Pyjamas etc.

Be warned, if you give the girls raider armour they suddenly grow boobs, funny if a little strange.

You dont seem to be able to steal their hats though, except for the kid in the baseball cap. When you try and wear it, it is giant, floats above your head because it doesnt fit properly.